Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its enhanced ability , the computer should speed up the operation of British Robotic Systems 's main product , the Viking vision unit . |
| 2 | It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place . |
| 3 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 4 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 5 | It 's perhaps fitting that the Services and Communication Department should bring up the rear in this group of presentations , because one of its key priorities is to provide a coherent professional support service to the organisation as a whole . |
| 6 | To a school librarian , the term might conjour up the image of compiling a computerized catalouge with details of resources held in the school library . |
| 7 | If Dave has no joy with the local highway authority , he could try enlisting the help of a local councillor , or a local branch of the Ramblers ' Association might take up the case . |
| 8 | At the rate things were going Meredith could swallow up the budget for the entire year before the season was a quarter way through . |
| 9 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 10 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 11 | Two Irish goals would bring up the century in Charlton 's seven-year reign , during which he has lost only nine of 69 full internationals . |
| 12 | Cost £1.00 per person , Crosslink will make up the difference . |
| 13 | A visit to Helmsley town and castle ( where walkers can take up the Cleveland Way long-distance footpath ) , with a stop-off at Rievaulx Abbey , makes for an enjoyable outing . |
| 14 | There is still a way out of this economic mess , if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it . |
| 15 | As has been noted before , pictures can break up the text , provide ‘ landmarks ’ for the struggling reader , and help in making mental pictures . |
| 16 | The information centre alternative can speed up the development of applications and maintenance ( as the users should be able to maintain the systems as well as develop them ) . |
| 17 | Occasionally a book has almost achieved immortality , like John Ruskin 's Stones of Venice , but even more modest books can call up the spirit of a place ; and a private letter may illuminate both a person and a work of art . |
| 18 | Stirling had not been told that such a unit was operating in the target area , despite the fact that its presence might stir up the enemy . |
| 19 | The judge may look up the meaning of a word in a dictionary or technical work ; but this ordinary meaning may be controlled by the particular context . |
| 20 | Congress and state regulators could speed up the construction of pipelines . |
| 21 | A mind could not be read any more reliably than keys could give up the name of a killer . |
| 22 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 23 | The pact would speed up the privatisation of 4,000 medium-sized and small state enterprises by giving workers a greater say in running them . |
| 24 | If there 's any subsidence later on , this make of liner will take up the strain better than Butyl , claims the makers . |
| 25 | For example , an increase in the demand for the services of carpenters in Scotland will drive up the wages of Scottish carpenters . |
| 26 | ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought . |
| 27 | Rick hopes this attitude will spread up the school as these pupils grow older . |
| 28 | ‘ What we are saying is that the ITC will put up the name . |
| 29 | The judge will sum up the evidence tomorrow before asking the jury to consider a verdict . |
| 30 | There is a growing , often unstated , anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services . |